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As an English person residing in England, This is very much the most interesting story from this election.
by 5h 11y ago
As an English person residing in England, This is very much the most interesting story from this election.
- _petronius 11y agoIt's going to be really interesting to see what happens at Holyrood next year, and what the result of the promised 2017 EU referendum is. Although I am sceptical that we'd see independence before 2020 for Scotland, a big constitutional shakeup does seem to be on the cards.
- riffraff 11y agowhat is "holyrood next year"?
- Sulfolobus 11y agoElections for the devolved Scottish Parliament. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_general_el...
- mtviewdave 11y ago"Holyrood" is the part of Edinburgh in which the Scottish parliament is located. In this context it's being used to refer to the Scottish government collectively, in the same way that "Washington" is often used to refer to the American government.
- kagamine 11y ago> Although I am skeptical that we'd see independence before 2020 Wait, didn't we just have a democratic vote on that in 2014 and the result was no? Are we going to have another one because the yes people aren't happy about the result?
- _petronius 11y agoNo, we'd probably see a second vote only if the SNP took a majority in the Scottish parliament again and the UK voted to exit the EU. Leaving the EU is really bad for Scotland (arguably all parts of the UK, but Scotland especially for many economic reasons), and might spur a bunch of people that voted "no" last time to vote "yes" if it were held again. Like I said, I consider that unlikely, but it's a risk.
- DanBC 11y agoThe total collapse of Lib in south west was also pretty clear. It surprised me.